Five-Year-Old Sets Duplex Ablaze While Playing with Matchsticks

Date: 2025-02-04

A five-year-old boy reportedly caused a duplex building to catch fire while playing with matchsticks on Monday in Ilorin, the capital of Kwara State.

The incident occurred at Abiodun Adebiyi Close, off Yidi Road, in the Irewole area of Ilorin West Local Government Area. One of the rooms in the duplex was completely gutted, and significant property damage occurred before firefighters from the state fire service arrived at the scene to prevent the entire building from being destroyed.

An eyewitness, who identified himself as Lanre Abdulrazaq and said he was working nearby, recounted the event to Punch Online. He stated, “We suddenly noticed thick smoke emerging from the building, and we immediately raised the alarm to alert people in the vicinity for a rescue effort.”

“We did not know the cause of the fire but later we saw the fire service who arrived and contained the fire.”

However, the spokesman for the state fire service, Hassan Adekunle, who confirmed the fire, said the incident was caused by a five-year-old boy who was playing with matches that he unknowingly dropped on a combustible material that escalated the fire.

Adekunle, a principal fire officer and head of Media and Publicity in the state fire service, in a statement issued on Monday night said, “Preliminary investigations revealed that the fire was caused by a five-year-old boy playing with matches, who inadvertently dropped a lit stick on combustible material, igniting the flames

“On Monday, 3rd February 2025, at about 17:32 hours, the Kwara State Fire Service received a distress call regarding a fire outbreak at Abiodun Adebiyi Close, Off Yidi Road, Irewolede Area, Ilorin.

“Our gallant firefighters sprang into action, arriving swiftly at the scene to find one room in a five-bedroom duplex engulfed in flames.

“Through sheer expertise and technical precision, the team worked fervently to contain the fire, ensuring it did not spread to other rooms or nearby buildings. Thanks to their exceptional skill and coordination, only one room was affected.

“The Director of the Kwara State Fire Service, Prince Falade John, commended the firefighters for their swift and tactical response.

“He urged the public to prioritize fire safety and advised parents to keep matches away from children, emphasizing that a single matchstick could destroy an entire building.”

Adekunle said that the State Fire Service remains steadfast in its commitment to protecting lives and property through professionalism and rapid emergency response.

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Oluwatoyin Lukman     Ibrahim Abikan     Abdullahi Adisa Akodudu     AbdulGaniyu Kareem     Kwara 2015     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Sola Saraki Educational Foundation     Lanwa     Kumbi Titiloye     Bankole Omishore     Press Release     Abdullahi Imam Abdullahi     Congress For National Consensus     Toun Okewale-Sonaiya     Ilorin East/South Federal Constituency     Bayer AG     Rotimi Oyedepo     Sai Kayi     Nnazua     Suleman Abubakar     Sherif Sagaya     Bello John Olanrewaju     AGM Professional Services     John Obuh     Abdulraheem Olesin     Tunji Moronfoye     Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Lithium Deposit     Abdulganiyu Salahudeen     Yeketi     Government Girls’ Day Secondary School Pakata     Sam Onile     Saliu Alamoyo     Abraham Ojo     ITEM 7     Bashir Badawi     Roseline Oni Aremu     Abdulkadir Jimoh     Alaiye     Afonja Descendants Union     Sarah Alade     Salihu Jibril Garbi     Bayo Mohammed Onimode     Mohammed Ibrahim     Yahaya Abdulkareem     Oladimeji Thompson     Emmanuel Olatunji Adesoye     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     MINILS     Olaoye B. Felix     Ogbondoroko     Amusa Bello     Valsolar-Kwara Company Limited     John Mayokun Dada     2023 Elections     Baba Issa Awoye     Ibrahim Akaje     Shururat Olatinwo     Rabiu Kwankwaso     Sarakite     Mohammed Jimoh Faworaja     Bature Bello     GAMA     Doyin Awoyale     Emmanuel Bello     Umaru Saro     Saka Adeyemo     Jamila Bio Ibrahim     AbdulGafar Tosho     Sambo Murtala     Olanrewju Okanlawon Musa     Muazam Nayaya     Owu Fall     Yomi Ogunsola     Gbenga Awoyale     Aro Yahaya     Henry Olaosebikan    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Adebayo Salami     Alaaya     Baboko     Yahaya Seriki Gambari     Abubakar B.M     Abdulganiyu AbdulAzeez     Amule Elementary School     Adedipe     Sheu Ndanusa Usman     Just Event Online     Hassanat Bello     Ebola     Elewu     Awwal Jawondo     Damilola Yusuf Adelodun     Atiku     LAK Jimoh     Kwara State University Of Education     Vishvas KOZ Tractors     Tosho Yaqub     Saidu Yaro Musa     Ibrahim Abikan     Ibrahim Akaje     AbdulHakeem Ajibola Akanbi     Raimi Iyanda     Oko-Olowo     Yeketi     Marafan Shonga     Quran     NAWOJ     Ebun-Olu Adegboruwa     Moses Afolayan     Shehu Alimi Foundation     Ahmad Olanrewaju Belgore     Fulani     Ojo Fadumila     University Road     Kanu Agabi     Baakini     AbdulRauf Keji     Mohammed Khadijat Kubura     Orire     PharmAccess Foundation     Kale Bayero     AbdulFatai Adeniyi Dan-Kazeem     Yusuf Lawal     Air Peace     Oju Ekun Sarumi     Isiaka Rafiu Mope     Volunteers Of Ilorin Community And The Emirate     Owu Fall     Ishaq Oloyede     Saka Adeyemo     Mope Dasuki Belgore     Abubakar Bature Sulu-Gambari     Kwara Primary Health Care Development Agency     Amuda Bembe     Olomu Of Omu-Aran     Hijab     Asa     Lola Ashiru     Arandun     Gbenga Adebayo     Femi Agbaje     Bluenile Associates     Christian Association Of Nigeria     Oladimeji Thompson     Olaoye B. Felix     Nurudeen Mohammed     Hamid Bobboyi     Oba David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Timothy Akangbe     Sidikat Uthman Ajibola     Kaiama     Tunde Mukaila Mustapha     Tinubu Legacy Forum     Ophthalmological Society Of Nigeria